Being green means... Turning off the water while you brush your teeth Only turning on the lights when you need them Picking up trash that isn't yoursIn this empowering book, a young boy and girl discover amazing facts (like how our food travels an average of 1,500 miles to be on our plate!) and explore all the different ways theyand wecan help protect the Earth's most precious resources to save the planet and live "green" lifestyles.What Does It Mean to Be Green? is a Mom's Choice Gold Award Winner for Children's Picture Book and was awarded The Santa Monica Public Library's Green Prize for Sustainable Literature, School-Age Nonfiction. The enhanced e-book edition also won the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award.Other books in the What Does It Mean? series include: What Does It Mean to Be an Entrepreneur?, What Does It Mean to Be Global?, and What Does It Mean to Be Safe? among others.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called What Does It Mean To Be ? .

This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Sourcebooks, Inc .

Rana DiOrio was born in Providence, RI and grew up in a colorful Italian-American family. Her curiosity about the world began in kindergarten, while studying Western access to China and, obviously, panda bears. As a political science major/psychology minor in college, and then as a law student, she became fascinated with understanding perspective, and how just about any person, place, thing, or situation can be interpreted in so many valid ways. While illustrating What Does It Mean To Be Green? Chris was eager to use his talents to teach children to conserve and be more sensitive to the earth's valuable resources. He is committed to helping children learn to be actively involved in protecting our world. Chris Blair's other interests include sailing, traveling, and storytelling. He currently works and teaches out of his studio in Sausalito, California.